VALIDATION OF THE CPI SOCIALIZATION SCALE IN INDIA.

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) seeks to assess culturally universal dimensions of personality, i.e., "folk concepts." Validation must therefore include cross-cultural validation. The CPI Socialization (So) scale was translated into Hindi and Punjabi and given to 203 delinquents and 48 college students in India. Behavioral ratings were assigned, 4 to nondelinquents, 3 to casual and 1st offenders, 2 to habitual offenders, and 1 to hardened and habitual offenders. The ratings correlated +.70 with So in the full sample (N = 251), and +.73 within the subsample of 203 delinquents. A coefficient of +.73 had also been observed for 10,296 males tested in the USA. Findings are interpreted as supporting the theoretical presuppositions and practical utility of the measure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]